Packs of bacon and chops of meat are pretty much the most popular things for skagheads and other n'erdowells to steal from shops because they're relatively small and easy to hide, relatively pricey, and aren;t security tagged (like booze or razors or whatever).

It's no more dangerous than if someone offered me a cheap stereo and there was a possibility it hadn't had its electrics checked in 5 years...

And plus I'd give it a sniff before purchasing. In 99% of cases your nose can detect whether something or not is going to give you food poisoning. If it smells fine, a little process called COOKING should sort the rest of it out...

I was just saying it's worth the risk. And plus - the worst food poisoning I've ever had is 2 days of bowl-breaking diarrhoea. Therefore, a little tester of the meat the next day would only have this as a consequence and, provided I didn't have any important social engagements, I'd happily take the 2 days off work to sit at home. Near a toilet.

It's a risk. But a risk worth taking.

That said, if cornered at 1am I don't think I'd think this deeply about it. Probably be more of a "nah you're alright mate" job, if I'm honest.

And, yes, you're right pork isn't one of the mainstream stocks, is it? I wonder if that's because pork is very rarely sold 'on the bone' meaning that it's just not a culturally accepted process to make stock out of it? WHO KNOWS...

Little slabs of meat that my friend gave me and which turned out to be butchered pets, and I'd been eating it whilst staying at his house. I ate several cats, a dog and a score of budgies. This is the first time in my life I've even contemplated going veggie.